Summary of the invention
Realizing improving in other local environments of hospital ward or nursing facility within atmosphere controls to be favourable.Also need to realize utilizing the given stage of such as patient's schedule for making the atmosphere in such as hospital ward be adapted to schedule.Generally, the present invention is preferably with single or anyly seek in combination to alleviate, to alleviate or to get rid of in above-mentioned defect one or more.Especially, solution the problems referred to above of prior art or the method for other problems is provided to can be regarded as object of the present invention.
In order to solve better these pay close attention in one or more, in a first aspect of the present invention, ambience controller is proposed, described ambience controller is used for the atmosphere controlled for the schedule of the different phase of patient during a period of time according to definition in the local environment of nursing facility, and described ambience controller comprises:
-processor, it is in stage of determining whether to start or terminate schedule, and for determining the atmosphere parameter of control atmosphere according to the stage that will start or terminate.
Owing to can perform the control of atmosphere according to the stage of schedule (such as schedule), such as, the control of the atmosphere setting of atmosphere equipment, atmosphere optimally and automatically can be adapted to the needs of such as patient or clinical staff.Such schedule can exist for other objects, but can be used in the Adaptive Control of atmosphere.
According to the beginning in the stage of schedule or end time and/or trigger (such as, from the triggering signal of the transducer be positioned near local environment) according to event and can determine atmosphere parameter.
In an embodiment, the triggering signal generated according to the event that depends on determines the beginning of in the stage or end.By using triggering signal, in the stage being different from other times that schedule specify and can starting or terminate schedule, maybe the non-scheduled table stage can be started, to realize the adaptability of atmosphere to the improvement of difference activity.
The scheduling time of one in the stage that event can comprise schedule starts or terminates, the passage of predetermined amount of time or by the physical change in the environment of the nursing facility of sensor measurement.Accordingly, from the process of patient self schedule, from other schedule, from timer, can triggering signal be generated from transducer or from other equipment or process.
Should be appreciated that ambience controller is configured to control the atmosphere equipment of the atmosphere can changed in local environment or different atmosphere equipment.
In an embodiment, processor is also configured to determine whether to start the non-scheduled stage according to triggering signal.Because atmosphere can be suitable for non-scheduled activity in the best way, the possibility that can start the non-scheduled stage can realize the adaptability more flexibly of atmosphere.
In an embodiment, processor be also configured to determine whether to start according to the order of priority relying on multiple triggering signals that multiple different event generates or terminate schedule stage in one.
In an embodiment, processor be also configured to determine whether to start according to the order relying on multiple triggering signals that multiple different event generates or terminate schedule stage in one.
A second aspect of the present invention relates to ambience controller system, and described ambience controller system comprises:
The ambience controller of-first aspect,
-memory cell, it is for storing by the searchable schedule of ambience controller.
Memory cell can also be configured to according to the determined stage that will start or terminate, and stores by the searchable multiple atmosphere parameter of ambience controller.
A third aspect of the present invention relates to atmosphere system, and described atmosphere system comprises:
-claim advocates the ambience controller of first aspect,
-atmosphere equipment, it is for creating the atmosphere in local environment according to the atmosphere parameter determined.
A fourth aspect of the present invention relate to a kind of for according to definition for patient a period of time during the schedule of different phase control the method for the atmosphere in the local environment of nursing facility, wherein, described method comprises:
-determine whether to start or terminate schedule stage in one, and
-determine atmosphere parameter according to the stage that will start or terminate.
In a word, the present invention relates to a kind of atmosphere realizing such as hospital ward and can carry out according to full-time scheduling or non-scheduled activity the method that adjusts.Stage day defined according to the day schedule by patient by ambience controller, or according to dependence in response to activity (such as, food and drink director enter) other non-scheduled stages that the triggering signal that generates can start or terminate, control the atmosphere generated by light, sound device, image, Cine mode and other equipment.
Usually, can combine in possible any mode and be coupled each aspect of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.With reference to the embodiments described below, these and other aspects of the present invention, feature and/or advantage are by apparent and set forth.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 shows the ambience controller 100 for controlling the atmosphere in the local environment of nursing facility.The control signal with atmosphere parameter can be sent to atmosphere equipment 102 by ambience controller, to create the atmosphere in local environment according to atmosphere parameter.In order to the day structure making atmosphere be adapted to patient, control atmosphere according to the schedule of the different phase of (such as a day) during a period of time defined for patient.The schedule of patient and other patient's schedule, employee's schedule or other general schedule can be stored in memory cell 101.
Ambience controller 100 and memory cell 101 form ambience controller system 110, and wherein, controller and memory cell can be independent parts or be integrated into single equipment.Controller 100 can be made up of two or more independent parts.
Ambience controller 100 and atmosphere equipment 102 form atmosphere system 120, and described atmosphere system 120 can comprise memory cell 101 extraly.
In this article, nursing facility comprises hospital, nursery, verifies clinic and other facilities again, and patient or personnel are positioned at wherein within a period of time, to receive treatment, nursing or supervision.
Ambience controller 100 comprises processor 103, described processor 103 in stage of determining whether to start or terminate schedule, and for determining atmosphere parameter, to control atmosphere equipment 102.Such as, controller 100 can determine that atmosphere is arranged, and described atmosphere arranges and is passed to atmosphere equipment 102, to create the concrete setting of atmosphere equipment.
Wirelessly or by wired connection can perform ambience controller 100, atmosphere equipment 102, communication between memory cell 101 and other equipment (such as transducer 104).
Under indicate schedule example, the definition of described schedule is for the different phase of a day of patient, and wherein, the example in stage of reviving can be defined between 7:30 and 8:00.Schedule can be the general schedule of predefine, or can determine schedule for concrete patient for concrete day.
| Stage | Time started | End time |
| Sleep | 00：00 | 7：30 |
| Revive | 7：30 | 8：00 |
| Breakfast | 8：00 | 8：30 |
| Morning | 8：30 | 11：30 |
| Lunch | 11：30 | 12：00 |
| Have a rest | 12：00 | 14：00 |
| Revive | 14：00 | 15：00 |
| Visitor | 15：00 | 17：00 |
| Dinner | 17：00 | 18：00 |
| Have a rest | 18：00 | 24：00 |
Beginning or the end in the stage of schedule can be determined according to schedule, such as, make, when sleep stage is at the end of 7:30, starts follow-up reviving the stage, and determine suitable atmosphere parameter, such as, make to control light fixture, to generate higher luminous intensity.Patient's schedule or its stage can be passed to controller 100, make controller can process the temporal information of schedule, with one in the stage determining whether to start or terminate schedule.
If determine atmosphere parameter according to the end in stage, identify follow-up phase, and determine the atmosphere parameter that associates with this follow-up phase, make atmosphere parameter can be provided to atmosphere equipment.If according to the stage start determine atmosphere parameter, determine the atmosphere parameter associated with the stage that will start.
The atmosphere equipment 102 of the atmosphere can changed in local environment according to atmosphere parameter comprises light, watch-dog, information screen, humidifier, curtain, heating and cooling equipment, ventilation blower, sound device and can change other equipment of patient perceivable of vision or audible representation, weather, other physical parameters or local environment.Such as, the information screen of the patient activity's (such as next meal and Survey Operations) be presented at during a day can be upgraded according to the atmosphere parameter determined (that is, control flow is to show lower two movable parameters).
Have more adaptive beginning and end in order to what realize the stage of schedule, the triggering signal that controller can be configured to generate according to dependence event determines beginning or the end in stage.
Event can be the passage of predetermined amount of time.Such as, breakfast stage can be terminated after predetermined section passage.Event also can be by the physical change in the measurable nursing facility environment of transducer.Such as, when door switch detects that doctor enters ward, doctor can be started and make an inspection tour the stage.The scheduling time of one in the stage that event also can be schedule starts or terminates, such as patient self schedule, cleanup crew's schedule or other schedule.
Accordingly, from transducer 104, from timer, from the processor processing schedule, or triggering signal can be generated from other equipment.Controller 100 can have the input for receiving the triggering signal generated by external equipment, and/or can generate triggering signal by controller its own processor 103.
Accordingly, according to the beginning in schedule stage or end time (such as, the stage of reviving time started=7:30 and end time=8:00) and/or to trigger according to event, beginning or the end in the stage of schedule can be determined.
The beginning in the stage of schedule or the determination of end can be the state that defines of the computer program by being configured to be processed by processor 103 or the determination of end.Accordingly, the stage beginning or terminate can be certain algorithm of the variable of computer program or the beginning of setting simply.
Such as, can perform by using look-up table or algorithm and determine the atmosphere parameter of the control of atmosphere according to the stage determined, wherein, different atmosphere parameter is associated with different phase.Look-up table can be stored in the memory of controller 100, be stored in memory cell 101 or in some other memories.Alternatively, represent each stage by the data record comprising atmosphere parameter, described atmosphere parameter should be provided to atmosphere equipment 102, to generate atmosphere according to this stage.
When determining the stage from triggering signal, that is, the stage beginning or at the end of, No. ID of triggering signal can compare with list or look-up table, and wherein, No. D, different I is associated with different phase.Such look-up table can be stored in the memory of controller 100, in memory cell 101 or in some other memories again.When triggering ID look-up table and being positioned at external memory storage, external memory storage receives and triggers ID and the stage be associated with ID is sent it back controller 100.
Owing to not needing fully predetermined patient or other people day structure, but also can comprise accident, processor 103 can be configured to determine whether to start the non-scheduled stage according to triggering signal.In other words, some triggering signals can be generated in response to the event without the corresponding scheduling stage.Such as, the schedule shown in upper table does not comprise the physical examination of scheduling, and therefore, such as, can trigger non-scheduled examination phase by the transducer be positioned near patient ward, and wherein, transducer makes response to doctor individual ID card.Concrete atmosphere can be created in response to non-scheduled examination phase, such as, the intensity of illumination of increase.
Owing to occurring, the difference generated for different phase triggers simultaneously or within one period of short time, and processor 103 can process such situation.
Thus, the order of priority that processor 103 can be configured to according to relying on multiple triggering signals that multiple different event generates determines whether to start or to terminate in the stage of non-scheduled stage or schedule.Such as, when food and drink director enters department, can triggering be generated, and almost side by side can generate triggering in response to doctor's intensity, to perform inspection.In this case, with check that therefore trigger the examination phase that is associated than to trigger the lunch stage be associated more important with food and drink director, and, can determine the atmosphere parameter be associated with examination phase.
In the predefine rank of triggering signal, or according to the stage of schedule or the predefine rank in non-scheduled stage, order of priority can be determined.
Alternatively or extraly, processor can be configured to determine whether to start or to terminate in the stage of non-scheduled stage or schedule according to the order of the multiple triggering signal of generation depending on multiple different event.Such as, the time triggered starting the stage of reviving can be generated at 7:00, and the triggering of follow-up breakfast after ten minutes, can be generated.Although the stage of reviving normally terminates at 7:30, breakfast triggers can start new breakfast stage.
Under indicate and how can trigger in response to difference the example starting or terminate different phase.
In order to avoid the incorrect beginning in the stage of reviving, two events must be completed: the time between 7:00 and 7:30, and must must detect that patient revives.
Can detect sleep state by sleep sensor, described sleep sensor measures such as movement in bed.By entering any event that department or ward or time are 8:00 in response to food and drink director and the triggering generated can terminate the stage of reviving.Passage in response to 45 minute set time section terminates the dining stage.Whenever in response to pressing hospital ward in call button and generate triggering signal, start the non-scheduled nurse call station stage, and when nurse press nurse call station complete button time, generate triggering signal time, end the nurse call station stage.
Fig. 2 shows the detailed example of the possible system comprising memory cell 101 and ambience controller 100, and described ambience controller 100 is made up of stage unit 201 and atmosphere unit 202.Atmosphere unit 201 receives time-based triggering via input part 215, and triggers via input part 216 receiving sensor.In step 211, ambience controller receives the schedule in programming phase and non-scheduled stage from memory cell 101, and receives triggering planning in the step 212.Trigger gauge delimit adopted schedule stage and the relation between different triggering.In step 213, in response to the scheduling stage time started or trigger the beginning determining the new stage in response to the input that receives via input part 215,216.In step 214, No. ID of the stage started is passed to memory cell 101, No. ID, atmosphere is sent it back atmosphere unit 202 by it, and described atmosphere unit 202 is determined one or more atmosphere parameter from No. ID, atmosphere and via efferent 217, atmosphere parameter is provided to one or more atmosphere equipment.Alternatively, atmosphere parameter can directly be provided from memory 101.
Fig. 3 shows system 300.When using atmosphere system in practice, an aspect needs to have stage schedule and optionally also has whole day preferably for the triggering planning of definition complete 24 hours of every day.This is arranged based on the schedule of each patient by enabling staff manual editing.But the competition of the character of the dullness of these trival matters and higher priority nurse task can make it out in the cold.Then this can cause the less-than-ideal use of atmosphere system.Such as, for many days and/or many patients, atmosphere system can be programmed to identical schedule.When utilized in such a manner, the beneficial effect of the daily atmosphere rhythm and pace of moving things being adapted to patient activity is not reached completely.This problem has been solved by atmosphere program system 320.It should be noted that many nurse mechanisms have database; Such as, hospital frequently uses so-called hospital information system (HIS) or relevant program system.The patient's agenda for given patient and data-oriented can be retrieved from database.Unfortunately, result can not directly use such patient's agenda as stage schedule: patient's agenda does not comprise atmosphere information usually, and patient's agenda only covers the time-slot of limited quantity in a day.Such as, in system such as system 300, use atmosphere program system 320 can obtain useful stage schedule, and optionally obtain triggering planning.
System 300 comprises database 310, atmosphere program system 320 and atmosphere system 330.
Atmosphere system 330 can be atmosphere system as described herein, such as atmosphere system 120.Atmosphere system 330 can comprise ambience controller and atmosphere equipment.Atmosphere system 330 receives stage schedule from atmosphere program system 320.Stage schedule indicates the atmosphere that how and when will be adjusted by atmosphere equipment in such as hospital ward.Can use along stage schedule and trigger planning, but this is dispensable.Atmosphere system can comprise memory device, and himself is for memory phase schedule and trigger mode, but also can replace relying on atmosphere program system 320.
Atmosphere program system 320 receives patient's agenda from database 310.The individual that patient's agenda can comprise for patient arranges.These agreements can be and caregiver, such as, doctor or other people together.Agreement by the position of instruction agreement, makes it possible to determine whether patient will in its ward usually.Patient's agenda also can comprise about meal time, the information of make a house call time, activity time etc.Possibly, can check information in patient's agenda from other sources, such as, meal time can by scheduling in different system, however usual known in hospital information system.
Atmosphere program system 320 uses patient's agenda, to produce the stage schedule used by atmosphere system 330.There is the two problems be associated with patient's agenda.First they do not comprise atmosphere information, and second they contain a part in only just for one day.Atmosphere program system 320 creates the day schedule for atmosphere system automatically based on the patient activity of the plan in hospital information system.(such as set time (such as at 0.00h)) can perform this process, to generate suitable dynamic atmosphere every day.Also repeatedly can process every day, or perform process whenever more new patient's agenda.
Atmosphere program system 320 from database (such as, hospital information system (HIS) or day scheduler relevant program system) in retrieval for concrete patient and patient's agenda at exact date.The communication day between scheduler and HIS can be set up by the standard communication protocol (such as International Health level seven (HL7)) existed.Such as, atmosphere program system 320 can use HL7 messaging standard (such as HL7v2.x or v3.0) to communicate with database 310.Note, the use of this standard agreement is easily, but dispensable.Patient's agenda also can be transferred into atmosphere program system 320 with the data structure form comprising time slot and corresponding activity (such as agreement etc.) from database 310.
Atmosphere program system 320 comprises activity classifier 322.Activity in grader 322 pairs of patient's agendas is classified.Such as, atmosphere program system 320 can have the table of the general activity of limited quantity, and each concrete activity in patient's agenda is mapped on described table.Such as, hotlist can comprise only 6 activities: have meal, medical treatment, make a house call, movable, have a rest, sleep.Institute in the patient log consuming food has an agreement and is mapped to dining, and the institute with doctor etc. has an agreement and is mapped to ' medical treatment ', and every other campaign item is mapped to activity, and all remaining non-sleep projects are mapped to rest.In principle, obviously reducing thus may the different entry of unrestricted quantity in patient's agenda.May have greater or less than six types in Activity Type table.Activity Type table must comprise at least two different Activity Types.Preferably, Activity Type table has at least three kinds of different Activity Types; This make sleep, have a rest and activity between differentiation become possibility.Correspond to sleep, have a rest and Activity Type, from (very) low to can be associated to three kinds of atmosphere of three kinds of varying strengths (such as luminous intensity) of high scope.
In more perfect embodiment, the grader 322 of atmosphere program system 320 is classified from the activity in patient's agenda, and such as, such as clinical event, social activities, nurse activity, food is movable, treatment is movable.Also can classifying based on its start and end time, these are movable, such as " morning, food was movable " (breakfast), " evening, food was movable " (dinner) etc.Classification can based on the semantic analysis of the planning activity in agenda, " the meeting with doctor Smith " such as in Activity Description with meet and doctor can be interpreted as clinical event, and " treatment of physiatrist Jones " with treatment in Activity Description can be interpreted as treatment activity.The pre-agreement description of planning activity can contribute to this part process.Classification also can based on the predefine label being added to planning activity.
Grader 322 can add default time slot, and described default time slot usually occurs and cannot be present in database.Such as, grader 322 can add sleep time slot and time slot of reviving.Grader 322 can comprise interface, to receive patient's agenda from database.
Atmosphere program system 320 also comprises atmosphere scheduler 324.Atmosphere scheduler is by each classification time slot of atmosphere parameter association to patient's agenda.Such as, atmosphere parameter specific collection that may be predetermined can be associated with specific activities type by atmosphere scheduler 324.
Such as, continue the above example provided, atmosphere scheduler 324 can " sleep " type association to nothing or almost unglazed photograph." rest " type can be associated with soft and comfortable atmosphere, and such as low, colored light shines." medical treatment " type can have colourless (in vain) light, so that check.Activity also can use colourless but more low intensive light.In brief, what atmosphere atmosphere be associated with in classification is each, and atmosphere atmosphere is designed to promote corresponding activity.
Patient's agenda also completes as complete stage schedule by atmosphere program system 320.For the time slot not having act of categorization, atmosphere program system 320 fills schedule.Have multiple strategy, atmosphere program system 320 can be followed and be carried out described multiple strategy, and some of them are described below.
Such as, the atmosphere scheduler 324 of atmosphere program system 320 determines type and the timing in the atmosphere stage in day schedule based on the timing of patient activity of classification.
Atmosphere program system 320 makes the stage schedule derived from patient's agenda can be used for atmosphere system 330.In atmosphere system, such as, atmosphere service (AmbienceService) can based on the dynamic atmosphere of schedule generation in this day for patient.
Fig. 4 illustrate atmosphere program system 320 and especially one of atmosphere scheduler 324 may execution mode.Atmosphere scheduler 324 shown in Figure 4 comprises atmosphere classification scheduler 410, unfiled slot determiner 420 and atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430.
Atmosphere classification scheduler 410 receives classification patient agenda from grader 322.Because patient activity is mapped in the finite aggregate of Activity Type (or classification), these Activity Types can be associated with atmosphere parameter by associated straight ground connection.Also triggering can be associated in an identical manner, such as, with according to current environment instead of only according to the time, the transient time between the change stage.Trigger very useful in practice.Such as, if doctor is early or arrive bedside agreement evening, correspondingly ahead of time or the transition being deferred to medical atmosphere be easily.But in order to reach scheduling object, because the generation triggered is unknown in advance, at least this day of Interim use period planning is easily.When talking stage changes, should be appreciated that and triggering can be associated with such change, depend on event in actual generation to make system.
In order to reach the object of change, atmosphere parameter can change a little, such as, instead of type is associated with single parameter (set), and it can select from the gathering of such parameter (set).The association between time slot and atmosphere parameter can be carried out in many ways.Such as, atmosphere parameter can be write out along time slot in agenda.Such as, time slot can have the pointer information relating to the atmosphere parameter being stored in other positions.
Unfiled slot determiner 420 determines which time slot has clearly defined Activity Type and which time slot does not have clearly defined Activity Type.For the activity that continuous slot is planned in database, usually continuous print time slot does not contact, that is, the end time of the first time slot is not equal to, but before being positioned at the time started of the second time slot.Where unfiled slot determiner 420 determines this situation.In one embodiment, unfiled slot determiner 420 defines new time slot, and will classify " undefined " distributes to them.Unfiled slot determiner 420 can combine with grader 322.Because two reasons can not be classified to time slot, patient's agenda does not have the entry for that time slot, or grader can not be classified to entry.In simpler embodiment, two types of time slot can be classified as " unfiled " simply, also may have two unfiled types to keep distinguishing.In such embodiments, the unfiled time slot in patient log with corresponding entry can be mapped to acquiescence moderate activity atmosphere, " rest " atmosphere may be different from, but, be used in the mechanism explained in Fig. 5 a-5d (seeing below) and the unfiled time slot without corresponding entry can be filled in patient's agenda.
Atmosphere scheduler 324 comprises atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430.Atmosphere parameter association is identified as by the non-classified time slot of grader 322 to by unfiled slot determiner 420 by atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430.Fig. 5 a-5d illustrates three modes, can fill undefined time slot with described three mode atmosphere information.
Fig. 5 a shows and receives part classifying patient agenda from unfiled slot determiner 420 as atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430.As utilized large arrow to indicate, the time is from the overhead stream of the page to bottom.Fig. 5 a shows the first classification time slot 510 and the second classification time slot 520.Before the second time slot starts, the first time slot illustrated terminates.For time slot 510 and 520, appropriate atmosphere parameter is association.But, be the time slot be not classified between time slot 510 and 520.
Fig. 5 b shows the first method of resolving unfiled time slot.The end time of the first time slot 510 can be postponed and/or the time started of the second time slot 520 can be shifted to an earlier date.Can reduce dimensionally by this way or remove unfiled time slot completely.When the end time of the first time slot equals the time started of the second time slot, for time slot 510 initial beginning and until time slot 520 terminate whole timing definition atmosphere.
Such as, suppose that the first time slot is classified as " clinical care stage ", and the second time slot is classified as " lunch ", and does not such as have planned activity from the time between 11.30h and 12.00h.Then, the clinical care stage can be extended to 12.00h from 11.30h by atmosphere scheduler, or can start the lunch stage as far back as 11.30h.
Fig. 5 c shows the second method of resolving unfiled time slot.Time durations between the first time slot and the second time slot, the atmosphere parameter be associated with the first time slot is lentamente towards the atmosphere Parameters variation be associated with the second time slot.Atmosphere parameter can be changed based on each parameter.Such as, atmosphere parameter (such as controlling luminous intensity) can change to the level the second time slot from the level terminated at the first time slot.Such as, change can be linear.
Fig. 5 d also show another way atmosphere information be associated with non-categorical time slot.In figure 5d, between the first time slot and the second time slot, new time slot 525 is inserted.New time slot 525 can be associated with default categories (such as " rest ").
And mode 5b, 5c and 5d can being resolved the situation of 5a combines.Such as, after can being arranged in application 5b or 5d, time slot does not still contact each other.In that case, the remaining time can utilize the rule of 5c to fill.
Atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430 can be programmed applies these rules in different forms.
The mode that atmosphere parameter is assigned to unfiled time slot can be different for different atmosphere parameters.Such as, binary system atmosphere parameter (itself or for being or being no) slowly cannot change along with the time.For such parameter, preferably use the system of 5b or 5d.
Such as, atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430 can have the first parameter, and if the duration that can be configured to unfiled time slot be less than the first parameter, apply 5b, this rule can be adopted to remove unfiled time slot.
Such as, in addition, atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430 can have the second parameter, and if lasting longer than the first parameter but being less than the second parameter of unfiled time slot can be configured to, apply 5c.In addition, if unfiled time slot last longer than the second parameter, atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430 can be configured to apply 5d.
And, if the classification of the first time slot 510 and the second time slot 520 is identical, atmosphere non-categorical scheduler 430 can be configured to increase by the first parameter and to apply 5b.Such as, if multiple clinical event occurs in such as between 9.30h and 11.30h, then it can create a clinical care stage between 9.30h and 11.30h.Note, this is different from the clinical stage of another day of the less clinical event of plan.Note, the mode of filling unfiled time slot even is thus suitable for a day schedule.
Use the first parameter and the second parameter to determine that the unfiled time slot of how to fill between the first time slot and the second time slot has advantage.If the unfiled time is very short, that is, be shorter than the first parameter, do not have time enough to carry out slow transition in a satisfactory manner.Thus, preferably proceed to from the atmosphere parameter being associated with the first time slot those atmosphere parameters being associated with the second time slot rapidly.If there is the more time, can transition smoothly, this is present in the situation between the first parameter and the second parameter the duration.But, if the available much time, preferably there is the atmosphere of design, the atmosphere of the atmosphere optimised instead of continuous change of described design.Such as, from rest in the very long transition of medical examination, such as, will spend the much time in atmosphere, described atmosphere is neither made us loosening also inappropriate for inspection.
For the first parameter, exemplary values is 10 seconds, and for the second parameter, exemplary values is 10 minutes.But these parameters can be changed and optimize, to adapt to concrete condition.
In other words, atmosphere schedule determines between two continuous atmosphere stages by filling non-a defined time slot transition.These decision-makings can be the rule-based systems based on can be used in day schedule or the intrasystem separate databases of atmosphere.
Have been found that the daily rhythm of the Dynamic Atmosphere support patient of whole day.Such as, when doctor or cleanup crew make a house call, the place of atmosphere is needed to be suitable for specific interruption and to make a house call.By using atmosphere system, alleviate the negative interaction of stringent environmental condition, this is because described system provides synchronous for needs of patients and nurse agenda and the daily rhythm atmosphere optimized, and is suitable for deviation wherein intelligently.
The system described in Fig. 3-Fig. 5, disclose based on the patient activity existed in patient's agenda of hospital and plan automatically create for atmosphere system day schedule day scheduler.Finally, by making the establishment automation of day schedule, atmosphere system does not need that staff's is alternately any, to generate the suitable Dynamic Atmosphere of the daily rhythm supporting patient.Based on one group of predefined rule, automatically complete the undefined moment of day in schedule of generation.
In an embodiment, the atmosphere of described Systematical control in hospital ward, and there are means to determine which (a bit) patient stay (such as, detects patient ID mark, or retrieve patient name from the ward planning system hospital information system) in hospital ward.
As possible extension, described system can have existence in ward and detect, or patient's positioning means, so that conserve energy and be suitable for the atmosphere that patient leaves the moment of ward longer a period of time.
Patient positioning system (such as based on RFID marker) also will allow the atmosphere determined for patient, to follow it throughout hospital.
Optionally, described system comprises electronic console, described electronic console:
1) means (such as detecting patient ID to mark, or determine the positioning means in ward number, is not be connected to HIS to obtain patient ID) associated with patient or patient ward by display are comprised.
2) vision " patient's agenda " summary is presented to the associated patient that arrangement activities is shown;
3) the scheduling atmosphere for arrangement activities is shown, and comprises the user interactions means of patient, to adjust the attribute (such as, brightness, transition, atmosphere attribute for specific activities) of those scheduling atmosphere.
Atmosphere program system 320 has independently advantage.Such as, atmosphere program system 320 can imbody on the server.Such as, server can pass through electronic messaging system (such as LAN, WLAN or internet) and database and atmosphere system communication.Such as, atmosphere program system 320 can advantageously be run as line server; Receive the patient's agenda on network, and stage schedule is provided.Especially when in an encrypted form preferably browsing internet time, with server communication.
Although detailed icon in accompanying drawing and foregoing description also describes the present invention, such diagram and description are considered to n-lustrative or exemplary and nonrestrictive; The invention is not restricted to published embodiment.By research accompanying drawing, disclosure and claims book, those skilled in the art, putting into practice in the process of the present invention advocated, can understand and realize other modification to disclosed embodiment.In the claims, " comprising " one word do not get rid of other key elements or step, and indefinite article "a" or "an" does not get rid of plural number.Single processor or other unit can be implemented in the function of some that enumerate in claim.The fact of some measure enumerated in mutually different dependent claims does not show can not use the combination of these measures to benefit.Computer program can be stored/distributed on suitable medium, such as to provide together with other hardware or as the optical storage medium of a part for other hardware or solid state medium, but also can with other formal distributions, such as via the Internet or other wired or wireless communication systems.Any reference marker in the claims should not be interpreted as limited field.